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The Keeper of the Vineyard; A Tale of the Ozarks

The Keeper of the Vineyard; A Tale of the Ozarks


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913. Excerpt: ... A SHUT-IN OF THE HILLS THEY started at ten o'clock. "Are you accustomed to riding?" he asked as he led up her horse. "I used to ride like an Indian; but I am rather out of practice now." "You are not afraid?" "Not a bit. What is that rope?" He was fastening a halter to the horn of her saddle. "I propose to lead you," he laughed. "Hardly! I have never been led by any man yet, and I certainly am out of leading strings now!" He did not untie the rope but simply coiled it and hung it on the saddle-horn. "All right," he agreed, " but when I call for that rope, you throw it to me and throw it quick!" It was a glorious day in mid-September with just the slightest tang of autumn in the air, which was full of those mysterious insect sounds that tell us summer is over. The trees were still in their coats of green, for the oaks are slow to take up new fashions, but here and there a sumac flung out its blood-red banner of defiance and the buck-bush along the roadside was taking on a pinkish tinge. Eleanor had expected to turn back into the hills by the road she had seen that first morning from Mr. Burson's--that tawny ribbon thrown across the green--but Mr. Rand went on past the turn. "I am going first to the Padgetts' up beyond you. I doubt if they can come to the service, but I will give them the opportunity. I want you to know them, anyway." On the way he told her something of them; of the brave fight the man was putting up for life, and his discouragements. He had neither money nor strength. The failure of the Farm Homes Association had been a great blow to him. "And I don't believe his wife is much of a help to him," he added, doubtfully. "She has lost her grip--if she ever had any." They found the Padgetts at home, she in the tent, and the young man out with hi...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781458886590
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 80
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 145888659X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 159 gr


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